Tell us everything about your musical journey from being soloist of the year 1995, to becoming a full time member of Vamoose in the late 90's up to now

It all began at age 6 when i used to mimick my favourite artists at that time,I was a huge fan of Brenda fassie. I would sing for trees with make believe they were my audience.Sometimes gather my friends to be my backing vocalists and make costumes out of my grandmother's banana tree leaves. That was my first realization..I knew who and what i want to be,a celebrated artist in the whole world.

In high school i joined the school choir, well,it was compulsory when you got to form 4 and 5. The choir conductor saw potential and trained me to be soloist for the following year. We had great choristers those two seasons. In 1995 i got my chance. I was given the solo part and i nailed it and we won first place and i won my school Best Soloist of the year. It was huge for me. I knew then there was no looking back.This was just the beginning. I was home during the school holidays and had completed my O'Level Certificate, i saw an article in the paper that a popular hip hop group was looking for a replacement for their female vocalist who had resigned. I immediately called the number written and auditioned over the telephone, i got it and joined them time to time for rehearsals and eventually performed all over the country. In 1999 i decided it was time to grow as i had started composing full time. I had been writing at 15 years of age but in secret as my parents were strict about focusing on studies. It was unfortunate because then the group disbanded. I began my solo career that saw the birth to my debut album 'BE MY FRIEND'.

Mayibuye. I describe it as the journey, My journey. I had so much to say as i had transitioned into motherhood. I had so many thoughts to pen down and wanted to share with the world. It varies from soul to jazz and a hint of traditional. I wanted to accommodate all people from different walks of life.Comment décrirais tu Mayibuye ton second album à 10 titres ?Mayibuye je le décris comme étant le voyage, mon voyage. J'avais tant de choses à dire en transitionant vers la maternité. J'avais tellement de pensées a assoir sous ma plume et je voulais les partager avec le monde. Ca varie de la Soul au Jazz avec un soupçon de traditionnel. Je voulais accueillir des gens issue d'horizons différents de la vie.

Can we rightfully state that you sing about life love and social issues with a feminist point of view ?

Rightfully so Marina. I felt that i wanted to address issues that a lot of artists shy away from. I wanted to be the voice for the women out there who are afraid of stepping out of their comfort zone, their fear of becoming something greater.